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A Cuppa Tea and an Aspirin
- Author
- Helen Forrester
- Narrator
- Lizzie Hopley
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 10 November 2022
- Run Time
- 9 hours 49 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Life in a Liverpool tenement block is a grim struggle for Martha Connelly, who works hard every day to protect her family from hunger and disease.
When rumours of war reach the neighbourhood in 1938, it becomes clear that life will soon be changed forever. As tough as it is, this is the life that Martha knows and loves — she’ll fight not to lose it, but will she succeed?
Despite their troubles, the community is full of warmth and support from friends and neighbours. Through hardships and small triumphs, they’ll strive to survive together.
Critics Review
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‘Records of hardship during the Thirties or earlier are not rare; but this has features that make it stand apart’
Observer‘Remarkable that from so bleak and unloving a background came a writer of such affectionate understanding and unsettling honesty’
Sunday Telegraph‘…should be long and widely read as an extraordinary human story and social document’
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Details
- Author
- Helen Forrester
- Narrator
- Lizzie Hopley
- Duration
- 9 hours 49 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 November 2022
- ISBN
- 9780008514143
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Classic fiction: literary and general, Family saga / generational saga fiction, Family life fiction / Stories about family, Narrative theme: social issues / social problems
Synopsis
Timeless family drama from the best-selling author of Tuppence to Cross the Mersey. With over 3 million copies sold around the world, Helen Forrester’s heart-warming and gripping fiction, set in Liverpool during the Depression, continues to move readers. Life in a Liverpool tenement block is a grim struggle for Martha Connelly, who works hard every day to protect her family from hunger and disease. When rumours of war reach the neighbourhood in 1938, it becomes clear that life will soon be changed forever. As tough as it is, this is the life that Martha knows and loves — she’ll fight not to lose it, but will she succeed? Despite their troubles, the community is full of warmth and support from friends and neighbours. Through hardships and small triumphs, they’ll strive to survive together.
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